“FB steals it from you and you feel it’s free!
You tube takes another chunk without a bell or chime!
Whatever is left is taken by the Gram, WhatsApp and the (e) X!
Not talking about money but your precious Time!”
I am a gadget lover! I would buy anything with a bluetooth! I have bluetooth speakers, watch, lamp, table, neck massager, keyboards and mouse! Not to mention a bluetooth helmet! And my prized possessions; my Bluetooth sunglasses and reading glasses! I can simply wear them and listen to the phone or even speak in WhatsApp and no one would get to know!
The next gadget I have always loved since the time I was young (er!) is the watch! My nephew also has this obsession with the clock! Though clocks also are high in my list of things to buy and own; the wrist watches are a big thing for me!
My first watch which used to work like a normal watch was an HMT classic! Before that as kids we used to love wearing the plastic watches and showing around! Of course those watches only showed one time! We used to ask our elders the latest time and ‘adjust’ it with our fingers every time! The bigger plastic hand was usually the first one to fall and later the smaller one followed! The flimsy plastic strap used to break and all the rubber bands in the world could not keep the watch from literally disintegrating to pieces! That was time lost in every sense!
The HMT was my prized possession till one day one of my relatives gently mentioned that it was a ladies watch! Of course since my wrists were small (they still are!); it would be odd wearing watches which were big and bulky! The battle between wearing a ladies watch versus wearing a big one was finally won when the young skinny me got an electronic watch!
I distinctly remember how my parents told us to stay in our room in the transit camp of Guwahati and they went to buy the digital watch from the ‘Chinese market’ there!
Our imaginations were flying high and I soon wanted a digital watch with a calculator and a maybe with a speaker and a feature to call! By the way that was in 1988-89!
Of course I was heartbroken when I got a single line bulky digital watch which showed only time! How boring! Later of course it was a great possession for showing off till the battery gave away and those days once the battery is dead it may not be replaced for some time!
For a long time then I never had a watch till the Board exams when my dad got us the HMT watches and this time they were men’s! They were of course standard size which in my case were too big for my skinny wrists!
The standard metal straps were soon replaced by better looking ones and I held on to that watch for a pretty long time till I got into the medical college!
Now those watches were a joy to have since you have to put the key every night! They used to get ‘recharged’ by turning the crown till you get a resistance! If you need to change the time you need you pull the crown a little and change the time! If you keep the crown in the same position then the watch will stop! And if you twist the crown too much then the spring inside will not function properly!
It was this time when there were guys who had the automatic watches which did not have to be ‘charged!’ The movement of your hands would charge the spring inside! My dad had one such watch and they were the ones which made you wide eyed with wonder!
Then came the digital and the smart watches and that is a blog for another day!
Even though they are not comfortable or common, I adore pocket watches! For now of course my Apple Watch can call, has calculator and even GPS and heart rate measuring capacity! Even then my dream is to one day get a limited edition pocket watch and when someone asks for the time, take it out of my pocket and tell him or her! Of course it may be the wrong time but I am sure by then the person would not mind so much about the time! One can only dream or think about the lovely moments of childhood! One of them was Wagle ki Duniya starring birthday celebrity Anjan Srivastav! Oh those were the days when the time was slow and steady and fun!
Now tell Alexa or Siri or yourself to set the alarm and sleep!
Shubh ratri!
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